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Emilie was visiting her best friend, Bridgette, in Denver, Colorado. When she mentioned that it was hard to meet a good guy, Bridgette stated that she knew so many "great" guys in Orange County.

Emilie asked, "like who?"

Bridgette said, "Well... Adrian..."

Emilie stopped her right there because Bridgette had mentioned setting her up with Adrian so many times before over the last few years but the timing was never right. The time seemed perfect so Emilie asked her to set up a date.

So Bridgette sent Adrian a text asking if he was single and set up a "blind date".

The next morning, Emilie woke up to a text from Bridgette that said: Blind date. Friday night. Wear blue and have two straws in your drink.

Emilie begged Bridgette to either text Adrian and tell him "just kidding" or to tell him who she was, but Bridgette told her to just go relax and have a nice evening getting to know a great guy.

On Friday night, Emilie was so nervous, she ended up showing up a little late. She walked in, pretended to scan the restaurant and saw Adrian, wearing a blue shirt. Thankfully Adrian recognized her right away and she did her best acting "surprise face".

They ended up talking all night until 2 AM. When she returned home, she texted all her friends saying she had a perfect date and said she was going to marry this guy. And sure enough, 3 1/2 years later, she will.

It was a lonely Friday afternoon. Adrian was at a brewery by himself doing some work when he felt the buzz of his cellphone. A text message. An infamous text message from a friend he hasn't heard from in a while.

"Are you dating anyone right now?"

This was a question Bridgette had asked him many times.

Adrian answered that he was not and she she followed up with:

"Could I set you up on a blind date?"

Adrian was hesitant as he had never been on a blind date before, but decided why not and agreed to the "blind date". As Bridgette put it "Hey man It will be fun no matter what Even if you don't fall in love - you're both cool people who will expand your awesome networks."

The day came and Adrian sped out from work down the street to Pacific City in Huntington Beach. Bridgette told him to go to the bar and look for the short haired blonde with "two straws" in her drink. He arrived at Old Crow and to his dismay, no one at the bar fit the description. He sat down to have a drink by himself as he scanned the room. A few minutes later he noticed a familiar face approaching the bar. He met Emilie briefly a few months before at at an event.

They hopped around various bars and restaurants in Pacific City and there was an instant connection. The conversation flowed and everything was natural and real. They closed down every bar in Pacific City and wandered around Main Street Huntington Beach looking for any open venue to extend the evening, eventually settling on grabbing a hot dog from a street vendor. That sealed the deal on how real and down to earth this girl was to Adrian.

It wasn't too many dates later, a wonderful talk on the beach and a UB40 concert before he knew she was the one. Three plus years later, that feeling hasn't changed and he can't wait to make it official on January 15, 2022.